Recognition and response to microbial infection in Drosophila

Insect Infection and Immunity: Evolution, Ecology, and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Broderick, Nichole A ^a   Welchman, David P ^a   Lemaitre, Bruno ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Antimicrobial response; Drosophila melanogaster; Gut epithelial immunity; Insect immunity; Local immune reponse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920087533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199551354.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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